NASA TESTS A BOOSTER FOR THE MOST POWERFUL ROCKET IN THE WORLD

NASA successfully fired up its second and last qualification ground test of the booster at Orbital ATK’s test facilities in Promontory, Utah on June 28. When ignited, temperatures inside the booster reached nearly 6,000 degrees, according to NASA.

During flight, the boosters will provide 75 percent of the thrust needed to escape the gravitational pull of the Earth. The two-minute test provided NASA with critical data to be evaluated by engineers to see if the booster is certified for flight.

After engineers evaluate the data and if the booster is approved for flight, it should move on to be used on SLS’s first unmanned test flight with NASA’s Orion spacecraft in late 2018. That test flight will be a key milestone to NASA’s Journey to Mars.

“Seeing this test today, and experiencing the sound and feel of approximately 3.6 million pounds of thrust, helps usappreciate the progress we’re making to advance human exploration and open new frontiers for science and technology missions in deep space,” said William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate.

NASA successfully fired up its second and last qualification ground test of the booster at Orbital ATK’s test facilities in Promontory, Utah on June 28. When ignited, temperatures inside the booster reached nearly 6,000 degrees, according to NASA. During flight, the boosters will provide 75 percent of the thrust needed to escape the gravitational pull of the Earth. The two-minute test provided NASA with critical data to be evaluated by engineers to see if the booster is certified for flight.

After engineers evaluate the data and if the booster is approved for flight, it should move on to be used on SLS’s first unmanned test flight with NASA’s Orion spacecraft in late 2018. That test flight will be a key milestone to NASA’s Journey to Mars.

“Seeing this test today, and experiencing the sound and feel of approximately 3.6 million pounds of thrust, helps us appreciate the progress we’re making to advance human exploration and open new frontiers for science and technology missions in deep space,” said William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate.

We haven’t seen any new Windows 10 Mobile smartphones on T-Mobile since the Fierce XL’s launch earlier this year, but today a new Kickstarter has launched to get Windows fans their fix for a new device.

The NuAns Neo is now live on Kickstarter, and it boasts a unique design thanks to its Twotone covers. The back of the Neo is split into top and bottom halves, NuAns is selling Twotone covers in a variety of colors and materials. These covers can also hold your credit cards. NuAns is offering a Flip cover, too, that offers protection for the front of the Neo.

The Neo itself features a 5-inch 1280×720 display and 5-megapixel wide-angle camera on its face, as well as a 13-megapixel wide-angle camera on its rear. Inside of its 11.3mm-thick body — which NuAns says will make the Neo comfortable to handle — is an octa-core Snapdragon 617 processor, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, a microSD slot, NFC support, and a 3350mAh battery. The Neo also boasts support for Continuum, which you can use to connect the phone to a monitor, keyboard, and mouse to use it like a traditional PC.

When it comes to cellular connectivity, the Neo includes LTE bands 2, 4, 5, 12, and 17, and NuAns touts that it includes APN settings for T-Mobile. There’s no mention of VoLTE or Wi-Fi Calling support, though, and so I’ve reached out to NuAns plans to get certified for those features before the Neo begins shipping to backers in November 2016.

Pricing for the NuAns Neo starts $270 for an early bird bundle with one Neo, and a Twotone cover or a Flip cover. Once all 1,000 of those are gone, NuAns will offer another 1,000 at a price of $325. The standard Kickstarter price for that bundle is $380, and the retail price will be $399.99. Also available is a $30 accessory tier that includes any combination of Twotone cover or a Flip cover.

The NuAns Neo is a unique smartphone thanks to its Twotone swappable covers, and while it’s not a super high-end phone, Windows 10 Mobile fans don’t exactly have a ton of options when it comes to new hardware nowadays.

Can we expect an iOS 9.3 jailbreak, now that Apple has released iOS 9.3 to the public

iOS 10 Jailbreak Demoed by Pangu

LATEST – At the MOSEC 2016 Conference being held in China, Pangu showcased a working iOS 10 jailbreak to the audience. The mirrored their iPhone which was running iOS 10 and had Cydia on the recent apps Widget. They even launched the Cydia app and showed some tweaks.

After the iOS 10 jailbreak demo, Pangu also gave some insight on iOS 9.3.2 jailbreak. The team spoke about privacy problem in iOS 9.3.2, but didn’t really say anything about a potential release date.

Pangu is a very popular jailbreak team hailing from China, and they’ve delivered two working iOS jailbreaks in the past.

It looks like we may get an iOS 10 jailbreak instead of iOS 9.3.2, which is currently the latest iOS version available. Apple is said to release iOS 9.3.3 soon, but the final iOS 10 update will arrive later this year. And perhaps a jailbreak as well, if Apple doesn’t patch the vulnerabilities in future iOS 10 betas.

iOS 9.3.2 Jailbroken

Update – June 19, 2016 – It has hardly been a few days since the release of the first iOS 10 beta, and it has already been jailbroken. That’s right, an iOS 10 jailbreak is possible, we do not know how, but it is. And there is video evidence.

Well known iOS hacker and developer of tools such as Sn0wbreeze, iH8sn0w, has released a video on his channel that shows a working, untethered iOS 10 jailbreak. He demonstrates the jailbreak on his iPhone 5, which loads up Cydia no problem.

Prior to releasing the video, he posted a tweet saying that ‘Cydia doesn’t crash on iOS 10’. Let’s hope that the vulnerability isn’t fixed in other iOS 10 betas, and maybe we’ll see an iOS 10 jailbreak in the near future. iOS 10 is supposed to be available later this fall, so maybe we’ll have to wait till then for a jailbreak.

No word on an iOS 9.3.2 jailbreak, and it doesn’t look like we’re going to see on anytime soon. Keep your fingers crossed though, anything is possible.

Update – June 6, 2016 – A new group known as GSMagic claim to be working on an iOS 9.3.2 jailbreak, which they say, will be released on June 10. We’re not sure if this team is just saying so to urge other iOS jailbreak groups to release a jailbreak first, or if they actually are working on a jailbreak.

According to them, the iOS 9.3.2 jailbreak will also work on iOS 9.3.3, but we’re not convinced. They also say that if they cannot make a jailbreak tool by June 10, then they will stop trying. If you go to their Twitter page, you’ll see that they’ve been taunting hackers such as Luca Todesco, who actually has a working iOS 9.3.2 jailbreak.

We’ll have to wait till June 10 to find out if any of this is true. Apple is all set to release iOS 9.3.3 before WWDC 2016, which is happening in another 10 days.

Update – May 29, 2016 – Yes, that’s right, an iOS 9.3.2 jailbreak exists, but it cannot be yours. Our favorite hacker Luca Todesco has once again created a stir in the jailbreak community, and angered many, by jailbreaking iOS 9.3.2.

Why has he angered people? Well, despite having a working untethered iOS 9.3.2 jailbreak, Luca will not be sharing it with the world. There won’t be a tool that can jailbreak your iOS device, at least, not from him.

He recently shared a video of his iPod Touch running iOS 9.3.2 and jailbroken. As many were asking for proof, he also showed how the jailbreak actually works. The jailbreak is similar to the popular browser based JailbreakMe tool. You didn’t have to connect your iOS device to the computer, instead, the exploit would be injected using Safari.

The iOS 9.3.2 jailbreak that Luca Todesco has, is similar to the JailbreakMe tool. Watch the video below to see the jailbreak in action;

Fake iOS 9.3 Jailbreak – Beware

Update – May 24, 2016 – Apple recently released iOS 9.3.2 to the public, and still, we have no jailbreak. Users have been eagerly waiting for jailbreak news, but there hasn’t been anything new.

Rumors and reports are still floating around suggesting that the jailbreak teams, either TaiG or Pangu, will release a jailbreak before WWDC next month. Only time will tell.

Update – May 9, 2016 – Looks like we’ll have to wait longer for a jailbreak on iOS 9.3. Yes, it is possible to jailbreak iOS 9.3, as shown by hacker Luca Todesco, but we will not be seeing a public release from him.

It is still being reported that the jailbreak teams are waiting for Apple to release the final version of iOS 9.3.2 so they can release a jailbreak, but we’re not sure how far that’s true.

Recently, among rising fake jailbreaks, another one has joined the list and we urge you not to fall for them. The new jailbreak is called ‘3K Jailbreak‘ and claims it has jailbroken iOS 9.3.2, 9.3.1 and 9.3. All false claims. Do not download such jailbreak tools as they will both ruin your Windows PC and your iOS device.

Update – April 27, 2016 – Several fake iOS 9.3 jailbreaks are circulating on the Internet, we strongly advise you not to download and try any.

Web sites called Taig9.com and en-pangu.com are circulating fake jailbreaks to unsuspecting iOS users. The tool most likely injects some sort of malware onto your device, which is why you should stay away from them.

As of now, there is no working iOS 9.3 or iOS 9.3.1 jailbreak. When there is one, we will let you know, until then, enjoy your non-jailbroken iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.

Update – April 21, 2016 – Apple has stopped signing the iOS 9.3 firmware, which means that if you had updated to iOS 9.3.1, you can no longer downgrade.

This is also bad for the iOS 9.3 jailbreak, as most users are either on earlier firmware or on the latest iOS 9.3.1. If a new jailbreak is released for iOS 9.3, users on iOS 9.3.1 and on iOS 9.2.1 and earlier cannot enjoy it.

It is being reported by several sites that an iOS 9.3.2 jailbreak could be released at WWDC 2016.

Update – April 13, 2016 – It’s been almost a month since the release of iOS 9.3, but we haven’t seen any jailbreaks so far. Yes, you’ll find many fakes out there, but we recommend not to pursue any of them. As of now, there is no jailbreak for iOS 9.3 or iOS 9.3.1.

We’re not sure if anyone is even working on a jailbreak anymore, because Apple has moved past iOS 9.3.1 and is now testing iOS 9.3.2. It is possible that the jailbreak teams are now focusing on iOS 9.3.2 instead or perhaps are waiting for WWDC to release a jailbreak.

Apple is expected to talk about iOS 10 and most likely release a developer beta during WWDC this year. The jailbreak teams could thus be waiting for Apple to release the next major iOS update. This way, they can provide a jailbreak for all versions of iOS 9.3, including 9.3.1 and 9.3.2.

Update – April 2, 2016 – Now that Apple has released iOS 9.3 to the public, the wait for an iOS 9.3 jailbreak is on. The last iOS 9.3 beta was jailbreak friendly, so it’s only a matter of time.

Apple recently seeded iOS 9.3.1 to fix bugs that were present in iOS 9.3. According to a new report, jailbreak teams could be waiting for Apple to fix the bugs on iOS 9.3 to release a working jailbreak.

The report says that the release of an iOS 9.3 jailbreak could’ve been delayed due to Apple working on a smaller update. And as suspected, Apple released iOS 9.3.1 with bug fixes.

Now, the jailbreak teams could release an iOS 9.3.1 jailbreak is one is ready. If such a jailbreak tool is ready, now would be a great time to release it.

iOS 9.3 Jailbreak Release Date

iOS 9.3 is now available for download and brings with it, several new features. You get the Night Shift mode, TouchID for notes, more 3D Touch shortcuts for apps and a tonne of new improvements and bug fixes.

Now that it’s out, jailbreak teams are probably hard at work trying to release a tool to jailbreak iOS 9.3. We’ve already seen leaks and videos of hackers successfully jailbreaking iOS 9.3 betas. The last beta, is very similar to the public release, which means that a jailbreak is definitely possible.

Unfortunately, the hacker who managed to jailbreak the iOS 9.3 betas, will not be releasing any jailbreak to the public. Therefore, we will have to wait for teams such as Pangu or Taig to come up with a solution. Recently, Pangu released ajailbreak for iOS 9.1, but not many users are on that firmware.

Most people who want a jailbreak, are either on iOS 9.0 – 9.0.2 or are waiting for an iOS 9.2.1 jailbreak. We’re not sure if there will be an iOS 9.2.1 jailbreak anymore, now that iOS 9.3 is out. And there’s no way the jailbreak teams will wait till iOS 10 to release a new jailbreak.

It has been six months since the last jailbreak release, so it’s about time a new jailbreak is released. Hopefully, it’ll be for iOS 9.3 and happen soon. If you want a jailbreak, do not update to iOS 9.3.

Those who don’t want a jailbreak or can no longer wait, should update to iOS 9.3. Between iOS 9.0.2 and iOS 9.2.1, there haven’t been plenty of changes, except for security updates and minor bug fixes. With iOS 9.3, there are plenty of new features and improvements, therefore urging users to upgrade.

After the critical success upon being released, fans of Street Fighter V are curious on who else is to be added to the roster. Though Capcom’s title was known for its unique and appealing renditions of characters, there are those that seemingly did not make it to the final lineup.

Despite the perfection that some characters may already possess, some characters are rendered comedic, sometimes senseless. Such ideas may also not be completely ruled out, but perhaps will be valid in due time.

Recently, news of some characters that did not make it to the official cast of Street Fighter V went all over the web. One of the most notable creations is the ‘Fighting President’, a man wearing an all-white suit with swept hair and deep eyes.

The character was said to have also been a rejected idea back in Street Fighter IV. Naturally, the idea was seen to have no purpose or is very distant from the existing story line.

One other is a female character that was dressed in patched up rags. As she fights, the character’s clothes seemingly detach from her, causing her to strip little by little. This is not a new case, as the Street Fighter series is recognized for some slightly over-sexually designed characters in the past.

There were some, however, that are typically awesome at first sight. One design is a dark-armored fighter who resembles that of the sci-fi icon Predator, without a back story to hold on to just yet.

Though the characters are not officially released for Street Fighter V yet, Capcom may have not yet entirely ruled out these ideas. Some believe that they could appear as downloadable content updates.

Making things more interesting, speculations speak of the supposed addition of these rejected Street Fighter V characters appearing in Street Fighter 6 or even further.

Families of children with autism now have a place to go at Dollywood for a quiet, relaxing environment if they experience sensory overload.

It is called a calming room, and it is the first of its kind at any theme park in the world. All the sights and sounds of a theme park can be a little too overwhelming for children with autism, so having a quiet place to go can help them and their family.

Visiting theme parks has never been an option for Heather Shuler and her family. Her son Hampton is autistic and affected by sensory overloads.

“It might mean nothing to us, but some pitch that he hears that we don’t hear and it just kind of like makes everything in their brain start spinning for themselves,” Shuler said.

Hampton can take a break inside the calming room and regroup.

Dollywood autism quiet room

“The children as soon as they come in will just go into the teepee and be by themselves,” said Judy Toth with the Ride Accessibility Center at Dollywood. “Or we have the fiber optic lighting, and they will either sit or lay down and just look at the lights.”

Dollywood partnered with Autism Speaks to make sure the room had exactly what was needed.

“(It) has very sensory friendly objects in it, ones that kids would be using in their therapies for sensory integration,” said Maeghan Pawley with Autism Speaks.

It makes all the difference for families who have used the room.

“They talk a lot about how they’re in their own world, and you want to bring them out into your world but you want to bring them out where they’re feeling comfortable and we’re in it together,” said Shuler.

Some of them have written letters in a book inside the room. One of them read, “Thanks to you we were able to stay in the park later and calm Mikey.”

“It means to me that Dollywood is doing what we’re supposed to be doing,” said Toth.

While Dollywood is the first theme park in the world to have a calming room like this one, others are being designed right now at Legoland.

Facebook is constantly making changes and tweaks to its site in order to bring you the best user experience possible. One of the major features of Facebook that is always changing is the News Feed. It’s been through several redesigns since it was introduced in 2006.

But as Facebook users amass more friends and click “Like” on more companies, organizations, artists, celebrities, retail stores and more, the News Feed could quickly become clogged and bogged down with posts you might not necessarily care about.

What about the posts you do care about? The one of your granddaughter taking her first steps? Your son graduating from college? Your cousin’s birthday party pictures? Your best friend’s new job announcement?

What Facebook users have been telling the company is that they want the priority of their feeds to be comprised of the people that are close to them – friends and family. They want to see these posts ahead of, let’s say, a store offering you 15 percent off of your order.

So now, you’ll notice that your friends and family will come first. This change will happen automatically, so there’s no action you need to take, unless you want to take this opportunity to fine-tune your Facebook settings.

You can control what you see in your news feed with a few clicks. You can customize your settings by selecting the Down arrow in the top right corner of the post. Select “Unfollow,” “Hide’ or “See First.” (See first will be rolled out eventually.)

The US Senate has proclaimed that it will no longer issue new Blackberry 10 smartphones. This includes the Q10, Z10, Z30, Passport and Classic. Instead, they will issue non-blackberry devices such as the iPhone SE and the Samsung Galaxy S6.

In an email to Senate users they claim that BlackBerry has informed Verizon and AT&T that production of all BlackBerry OS 10 devices has been discontinued. Future carrier order fulfillment will not be guaranteed due to limited remaining stock.

Crackberry.com reached out to Blackberry about the Senate’s internal email and the company disputes the email’s claim that Blackberry 10 devices will “cease to be continued.”

It looks like the days of Blackberry being the governments phone of choice is now officially over.

Apple is now planning to move in next year.The Apple headquarters now under construction in Silicon Valley for this the one documentation has covered.

Matthew Roberts has published his video taken from a drone of Apple’s Campus 2 in Cupertino, Calif., including a peek at the main “spaceship” building as well as some of the others nearby.

Apple’s new headquarters will feature 2.8 million square feet of office space and house 12,000 employees. It will power by 700,000 square feet of solar panels and some small fuel cells that generate energy through a chemical reaction, feature more than 7,000 trees, underground parking, and on-campus restaurants. Apple hopes to move in starting next year.

Apple Campus 2, as it’s become know, was the brainchild of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who pitched the idea to the City of Cupertino before his death.

After releasing the video, its has been clear there is still need for a lot if work. Cranes and vehicles could see inside and outside the spaceships.

Roberts tours the nearby research and development facility that the spaceship is near to complete.Apple’s 100,000-square-foot employee fitness center is coming along nicely, although the roof is incomplete and it appears little work has inside. Indeed, the building’s glass and air-conditioning units are installed, and at least the exterior makes it look nearly move-in ready

Roberts releases his videos that show a progress of the construction of the spaceship. He says in his YouTube video descriptions that he adheres to “all local regulations” when filming.

In addition to a new lovely building for employees, Apple Campus two will also an another home for their employees for the company regular media events.

I love coffee. I’m one of those people who suffers headaches from not drinking coffee during the day.

People like me can now sip on macchiatos with a bit more ease because coffee is no longer considered a possible cause of cancer. On June 15, a report published in Lancet Oncology, a peer-reviewed medical journal, concluded there is a lack of evidence to show that coffee causes certain types of cancers.

A team of 23 international scientists assembled by the International Agency for Research on Cancer — an agency of the World Health Organization — reached the conclusion after reviewing more than 1,000 studies.

“The Working Group found no conclusive evidence for a carcinogenic effect of drinking coffee,” a press release said.

In 1991, the IARC had said coffee was classified as a “possible carcinogen.” Now there may be evidence to show that coffee could actually help prevent some types of cancers.

Dr. Patricia Thompson-Carino, associate director of basic research at the Cancer Center at Stony Brook Hospital, said drawing firm conclusions from these types of studies can be difficult because of the wide range of other possible factors.

“Often times if you are drinking coffee you are also doing other things,” she said. “It’s hard to control for those things [in a study].”

Dr. Thompson-Carino said there is some evidence suggesting coffee can prevent gastrointestinal cancers, like pancreatic, liver and colon. However, data is still limited.

Coffee can still be causally linked to esophageal cancer when consumed at a high temperature just like any other beverage, according to the press release.

“It is the temperature, rather than the drinks themselves, that appear to be responsible,” Dr. Christopher Wild, the IARC director, said in the release.

The leading causes of esophageal cancers are still smoking and drinking alcohol. But the majority of esophageal cancers occur in places like Asia, South America and East Africa, where drinking very hot beverages regularly is common, the release said.

Dr. Thompson-Carino said hot beverages could also cause injuries to the throat.

“We do know that repeated injury to the tissue can make that tissue more sensitive or vulnerable to the processes involved in developing cancer,” she said.

Dr. Thompson-Carino said there is not enough data yet to reach a firm conclusion that regularly drinking hot beverages could cause esophageal cancer.

“It’s just a question that is still out there,” she said.

The danger temperature for beverages is higher than 149 degrees, according to the IARC. In a New York Times wellness blog, Dr. Dana Loomis, deputy head of IARC, said the increased risk comes from those who drink their tea or coffee at 158 degrees. In the United States, we typically drink our hot beverages at less than 140 degrees.

So for now, continue to enjoy your teas and coffees, just let them cool down a bit first.

Today via a Reddit thread dedicated to complaining about Torbjorn, Vice President of Blizzard Jeff Kapalan announced that the

In a patch coming in “mid to late July depending on 1st party certification times,” Torbjorn’s turret damage output will be decreased by 30% across the board. The PC version of the game will remain unchanged.

This announcement comes at the heels of a popular unrest in the console Overwatch community regarding the character’s turret. The main controversy lies in the fact that Torbjorn’s turret aims and pinpoint perfect tracking and accuracy, to a degree that’s simply not possible with a controller.

This has lead many players to feel the character and his turret are overpowered. PC players, on the other hand, have the advantage of a much higher degree of precision with a mouse and keyboard, so they can much more easily counter the turret’s accuracy. This patch will hopefully come sooner in July rather than later, as Blizzard still plans to release the game’s highly-anticipated competitive mode in June.

It’s in their best interest to iron out as many discrepancies in balance before the more serious game mode becomes available.